List of hip hop songs considered the best

This list of hip hop songs considered the best is a compilation of lists from a variety of sources.

5 best hip hop songs

No.	Title & artist	About.com	Rolling Stone	VH1	Avg.
1.	"Rapper's Delight" - The Sugarhill Gang	2	2	2	2
2.	"The Message" - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five	3	1	5	3
3.	"Fight the Power" - Public Enemy	9	7	1	5
4.	"Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" - Dr. Dre	14	6	3	7
5.	"Juicy" - The Notorious B.I.G.	15	8	7	10

Individual lists

About.com's 100 Greatest Rap Songs

List written by Henry Adaso.

No.	Song	Artist	Producer	Album	Year
1.	"I Used to Love H.E.R."	Common	No I.D.	Resurrection	1994
2.	"Rapper's Delight"	The Sugarhill Gang	Sylvia Robinson	Sugarhill Gang	1979
3.	"The Message"	Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five	Ed Fletcher, Clifton "Jiggs" Chase, Sylvia Robinson	The Message	1982
4.	"Dear Mama"	2Pac	Tony Pizarro	Me Against the World	1995
5.	"Lyrics of Fury"	Eric B. & Rakim	Eric B. & Rakim	Follow the Leader	1988
6.	"They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)"	Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth	Pete Rock	Mecca and the Soul Brother	1992
7.	"The World Is Yours"	Nas	Pete Rock	Illmatic	1994
8.	"Top Billin'"	Audio Two	Daddy-O, Audio Two	What More Can I Say?	1987
9.	"Fight the Power"	Public Enemy	The Bomb Squad	Fear of a Black Planet	1989
10.	"Planet Rock"	Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force	Arthur Baker, John Robie	Planet Rock: The Album	1982
11.	"Keep Ya Head Up"	2Pac	DJ Daryl	Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.	1993
12.	"My Philosophy"	Boogie Down Productions	KRS-One	By All Means Necessary	1988
13.	"I Need Love"	LL Cool J	LL Cool J, L.A. Posse	Bigger and Deffer	1987
14.	"Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang"	Dr. Dre	Dr. Dre	The Chronic	1992
15.	"Juicy"	The Notorious B.I.G.	Poke, Pete Rock	Ready to Die	1994
16.	"Dead Presidents"	Jay-Z	Ski	Reasonable Doubt	1996
17.	"Scenario"	A Tribe Called Quest	A Tribe Called Quest	The Low End Theory	1992
18.	"Mind Playing Tricks on Me"	Geto Boys	Scarface	We Can't Be Stopped	1991
19.	"Straight Outta Compton"	N.W.A	Dr. Dre, DJ Yella	Straight Outta Compton	1988
20.	"C.R.E.A.M."	Wu-Tang Clan	RZA	Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)	1994
21.	"Hip Hop"	dead prez	dead prez	Let's Get Free	2000
22.	"Passin' Me By"	The Pharcyde	J-Swift	Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde	1993
23.	"Paper Thin"	MC Lyte	The King of Chill	Lyte as a Rock	1988
24.	"Paul Revere"	Beastie Boys	Rick Rubin, Beastie Boys	Licensed to Ill	1986
25.	"Get By"	Talib Kweli	Kanye West	Quality	2002
26.	"The Breaks"	Kurtis Blow	J.B. Moore, Robert Ford Jr.	Kurtis Blow	1979
27.	"Shook Ones (Part II)"	Mobb Deep	Mobb Deep	The Infamous	1994
28.	"Ain't No Half Steppin'"	Big Daddy Kane	Marley Marl	Long Live the Kane	1988
29.	"Slow Down"	Brand Nubian	Brand Nubian	One for All	1990
30.	"Mathematics"	Mos Def	DJ Premier	Black on Both Sides	1999
31.	"Bow Down"	Westside Connection	Bud'da	Bow Down	1996
32.	"La Di Da Di"	Doug E. Fresh	Dennis Bell, Ollie Cotton	Non-album single	1985
33.	"Regulate"	Warren G	Warren G	Regulate...G Funk Era	1994
34.	"DWYCK"	Gang Starr	Gang Starr	Hard to Earn	1994
35.	"Ill Street Blues"	Kool G Rap & DJ Polo	Trackmasters	Live and Let Die	1992
36.	"Tha Crossroads"	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	DJ U-Neek	E. 1999 Eternal	1996
37.	"Slippin'"	DMX	DJ SHOK	Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood	1998
38.	"Flava In Ya Ear (Remix)"	Craig Mack	Easy Mo Bee	Project: Funk da World	1994
39.	"Time's Up"	O.C.	Buckwild	Word...Life	1994
40.	"I Seen a Man Die"	Scarface	N.O. Joe, Scarface, Mike Dean	The Diary	1994
41.	"Ms. Jackson"	OutKast	Earthtone III	Stankonia	2001
42.	"Ante Up"	M.O.P.	DR Period	Warriorz	2000
43.	"Jesus Walks"	Kanye West	Kanye West	The College Dropout	2004
44.	"Children's Story"	Slick Rick	Slick Rick	The Great Adventures of Slick Rick	1989
45.	"Stan"	Eminem	DJ Mark the 45 King, Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP	2001
46.	"Temperature"	Zion I	Amp Live	True & Livin'	2005
47.	"Push It"	Salt-n-Pepa	Hurby Azor	Hot, Cool & Vicious	1987
48.	"Walk This Way"	Run-D.M.C.	Rick Rubin, Russell Simmons	Raising Hell	1986
49.	"Hip Hop 101"	Aasim	Aasim	Money Pit	2005
50.	"The Symphony"	Marley Marl	Marley Marl	In Control, Volume 1	1988
51.	"Wrong Side of da Tracks"	Artifacts	T-Ray	Between a Rock and a Hard Place	1994
52.	"Ridin' Dirty"	UGK	Pimp C, N.O. Joe	Ridin' Dirty	1996
53.	"Electric Relaxation"	A Tribe Called Quest	A Tribe Called Quest	Midnight Marauders	1994
54.	"One Mic"	Nas	Nas, Chucky Thompson	Stillmatic	2002
55.	"O.P.P."	Naughty by Nature	Naughty by Nature	Naughty by Nature	1991
56.	"Who Got da Props?"	Black Moon	DJ Evil Dee	Enta da Stage	1993
57.	"Tonite"	DJ Quik	DJ Quik	Quik Is the Name	1991
58.	"Mosh"	Eminem	Dr. Dre, Mark Batson	Encore	2004
59.	"I Got It Made"	Special Ed	Howie Tee	Youngest in Charge	1989
60.	"Raw"	Big Daddy Kane	Marley Marl	Non-album single (later remixed on Long Live the Kane)	1987
61.	"Reunion"	Slum Village	J Dilla	Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit)	2004
62.	"93 'til Infinity"	Souls of Mischief	A-Plus	93 'til Infinity	1993
63.	"Many Men (Wish Death)"	50 Cent	Darrell "Digga" Branch, Eminem, Luis Resto	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	2003
64.	"Why"	Jadakiss	Havoc	Kiss of Death	2004
65.	"Umi Says"	Mos Def	Mos Def, David Kennedy	Black on Both Sides	1999
66.	"Everything Is Everything"	Lauryn Hill	Lauryn Hill	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	1999
67.	"Can't Knock the Hustle"	Jay-Z	Knobody	Reasonable Doubt	1996
68.	"The 6th Sense"	Common	DJ Premier	Like Water for Chocolate	2000
69.	"Gin and Juice"	Snoop Doggy Dogg	Dr. Dre	Doggystyle	1993
70.	"Parents Just Don't Understand"	DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper	1988
71.	"Ebonics"	Big L	Ron Browz	The Big Picture	1998
72.	"Kick, Push"	Lupe Fiasco	Soundtrakk	Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor	2006
73.	"Breathe"	Fabolous	Just Blaze	Real Talk	2004
74.	"N.Y. State of Mind"	Nas	DJ Premier	Illmatic	1994
75.	"Nobody Beats the Biz"	Biz Markie	Marley Marl	Goin' Off	1988
76.	"Mama Said Knock You Out	LL Cool J	Marley Marl	Mama Said Knock You Out	1991
77.	"Still Not a Player"	Big Pun	Knobody	Capital Punishment	1998
78.	"Dreams"	Game	Kanye West	The Documentary	2005
79.	"How I Could Just Kill a Man"	Cypress Hill	DJ Muggs	Cypress Hill	1991
80.	"Protect Ya Neck"	Wu-Tang Clan	RZA	Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)	1993
81.	"It Was a Good Day"	Ice Cube	DJ Pooh	The Predator	1993
82.	"How About Some Hardcore"	M.O.P.	DR Period	To the Death	1994
83.	"Remind My Soul"	Akrobatik	Illmind	Balance	2003
84.	"I Got 5 on It"	Luniz	Tone Capone	Operation Stackola	1995
85.	"Fu-Gee-La"	Fugees	Salaam Remi	The Score	1995
86.	"Ego Trippin' (song)"	Ultramagnetic MC's	Ultramagnetic MC's	Critical Beatdown	1986
87.	"All That I Got Is You"	Ghostface Killah	RZA	Ironman	1996
88.	"What U See Is What U Get"	Xzibit	Jesse West, Xzibit	40 Dayz & 40 Nightz	1998
89.	"Fame"	GZA	Arabian Knight	Legend of the Liquid Sword	2002
90.	"I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need to Get By"	Method Man	RZA, Diddy, Trackmasters	Tical	1995
91.	"Who Shot Ya?"	The Notorious B.I.G.	Sean Combs, Nashiem Myrick	Non-album single	1995
92.	"Freaky Tales"	Too Short	Too Short	Born to Mack	1987
93.	"Brooklyn Zoo"	Ol' Dirty Bastard	True Master, Ol' Dirty Bastard	Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version	1995
94.	"Gangsta's Paradise	Coolio	Doug Rasheed	Gangsta's Paradise	1995
95.	"They Want EFX"	Das EFX	Das EFX	Dead Serious	1992
96.	"Player's Anthem"	Junior M.A.F.I.A.	Clark Kent	Conspiracy	1995
97.	"Bucktown"	Smif-N-Wessun	Da Beatminerz	Dah Shinin'	1995
98.	"The Light"	Common	Jay Dee	Like Water for Chocolate	2000
99.	"What They Do"	The Roots	Questlove	Illadelph Halflife	1996
100.	"Funkdafied"	Da Brat	Jermaine Dupri	Funkdafied	1994

Rolling Stone's 50 Greatest Hip Hop Songs of All Time

The Rolling Stone list is based on the results of a survey conducted on numerous notable hip hop musicians and journalists, who were all asked to select their favourite hip hop songs.

No.	Song	Artist	Producer	Album	Year
1.	"The Message"	Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five	Ed Fletcher, Clifton "Jiggs" Chase, Sylvia Robinson	The Message	1982
2.	"Rapper's Delight"	The Sugarhill Gang	Sylvia Robinson	Sugarhill Gang	1979
3.	"Planet Rock"	Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force	Arthur Baker, John Robie	Planet Rock: The Album	1982
4.	"Sucker M.C.'s"	Run-D.M.C.	Russell Simmons, Larry Smith	Run-D.M.C.	1983
5.	"Mind Playing Tricks on Me"	Geto Boys	Scarface	We Can't Be Stopped	1991
6.	"Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang"	Dr. Dre	Dr. Dre	The Chronic	1992
7.	"Fight the Power"	Public Enemy	The Bomb Squad	Fear of a Black Planet	1989
8.	"Juicy"	The Notorious B.I.G.	Poke, Pete Rock	Ready to Die	1994
9.	"Straight Outta Compton"	N.W.A	Dr. Dre, DJ Yella	Straight Outta Compton	1988
10.	"Paid in Full"	Eric B. & Rakim	Eric B. & Rakim	Paid in Full	1987
11.	"C.R.E.A.M."	Wu-Tang Clan	RZA	Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)	1994
12.	"They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)"	Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth	Pete Rock	Mecca and the Soul Brother	1992
13.	"La Di Da Di"	Doug E. Fresh	Dennis Bell, Ollie Cotton	Non-album single	1985
14.	"Rebel Without a Pause"	Public Enemy	The Bomb Squad	It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back	1987
15.	"Fuck tha Police"	N.W.A	Dr. Dre, DJ Yella	Straight Outta Compton	1988
16.	"Big Pimpin'"	Jay-Z	Timbaland	Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter	2000
17.	"Peter Piper"	Run-D.M.C.	Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin	Raising Hell	1986
18.	"Dear Mama"	2Pac	Tony Pizarro	Me Against the World	1995
19.	"Paul Revere"	Beastie Boys	Rick Rubin, Beastie Boys	Licensed to Ill	1986
20.	"In da Club"	50 Cent	Dr. Dre, Mike Elizondo	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	2002
21.	"Rock the Bells"	LL Cool J	Rick Rubin, LL Cool J	Radio	1986
22.	"Strictly Business"	EPMD	EPMD	Strictly Business	1988
23.	"I Know You Got Soul"	Eric B. & Rakim	Eric B. & Rakim	Paid in Full	1987
24.	"It Takes Two	Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock	Teddy Riley	It Takes Two	1988
25.	"Ain't No Half Steppin'"	Big Daddy Kane	Marley Marl	Long Live the Kane	1988
26.	"Scenario"	A Tribe Called Quest	A Tribe Called Quest	The Low End Theory	1992
27.	"Flava In Ya Ear (remix)"	Craig Mack	Easy Mo Bee	Project: Funk da World	1994
28.	"Lose Yourself"	Eminem	Eminem, Jeff Bass	Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile	2002
29.	"Mama Said Knock You Out	LL Cool J	Marley Marl	Mama Said Knock You Out	1991
30.	"Hypnotize"	The Notorious B.I.G.	Puffy, D-Dot, Ron Lawrence	Life After Death	1996
31.	"N.Y. State of Mind"	Nas	DJ Premier	Illmatic	1994
32.	"Jesus Walks"	Kanye West	Kanye West	The College Dropout	2004
33.	"99 Problems"	Jay-Z	Rick Rubin	The Black Album	2004
34.	"P.S.K. What Does It Mean?"	Schoolly D	Schoolly D	Schoolly D	1985
35.	"Shook Ones (Part II)"	Mobb Deep	Mobb Deep	The Infamous	1994
36.	"Rosa Parks"	OutKast	OutKast	Aquemini	1999
37.	"It Was a Good Day"	Ice Cube	DJ Pooh	The Predator	1993
38.	"Get Ur Freak On"	Missy Elliott	Missy Elliott, Timbaland	Miss E... So Addictive	2001
39.	"My Name Is"	Eminem	Dr. Dre	The Slim Shady LP	1999
40.	"The Breaks"	Kurtis Blow	J.B. Moore, Robert Ford Jr.	Kurtis Blow	1979
41.	"California Love"	2Pac & Dr. Dre	Dr. Dre	Non-album single (later remixed on All Eyez on Me)	1995
42.	"South Bronx"	Boogie Down Productions	Boogie Down Productions	Criminal Minded	1986
43.	"Top Billin'"	Audio Two	Daddy-O, Audio Two	What More Can I Say?	1987
44.	"Me Myself and I"	De La Soul	Prince Paul, De La Soul	3 Feet High and Rising	1988
45.	"Lost Ones"	Lauryn Hill	Lauryn Hill, Che' Guevara, Vada Nobles	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	1998
46.	"Push It"	Salt-n-Pepa	Hurby Azor	Hot, Cool & Vicious	1987
47.	"That's the Joint"	Funky 4 + 1	Jigsaw Inc., Sylvia Inc.	Non-album single	1980
48.	"The Symphony"	Marley Marl	Marley Marl	In Control, Volume 1	1988
49.	"The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel"	Grandmaster Flash	Sylvia Robinson, Joey Robinson	Non-album single	1981
50.	"B.O.B"	OutKast	Earthtone III	Stankonia	2000

VH1's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs

List written by Jim Macnie.

No.	Song	Artist	Producer	Album	Year
1.	"Fight the Power"	Public Enemy	The Bomb Squad	Fear of a Black Planet	1989
2.	"Rapper's Delight"	The Sugarhill Gang	Sylvia Robinson	Sugarhill Gang	1979
3.	"Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang"	Dr. Dre	Dr. Dre	The Chronic	1992
4.	"Walk This Way"	Run-D.M.C.	Rick Rubin, Russell Simmons	Raising Hell	1986
5.	"The Message"	Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five	Ed Fletcher, Clifton "Jiggs" Chase, Sylvia Robinson	The Message	1982
6.	"Straight Outta Compton"	N.W.A	Dr. Dre, DJ Yella	Straight Outta Compton	1988
7.	"Juicy"	The Notorious B.I.G.	Poke, Sean Combs	Ready to Die	1994
8.	"Gin and Juice"	Snoop Doggy Dogg	Dr. Dre	Doggystyle	1993
9.	"Push It"	Salt-n-Pepa	Hurby Azor	Hot, Cool & Vicious	1987
10.	"The Breaks"	Kurtis Blow	J.B. Moore, Robert Ford Jr.	Kurtis Blow	1979
11.	"Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem"	Jay-Z	DJ Mark the 45 King	Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life	1998
12.	"I Can't Live Without My Radio"	LL Cool J	Rick Rubin, LL Cool J	Radio	1985
13.	"C.R.E.A.M."	Wu-Tang Clan	RZA	Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)	1994
14.	"I Get Around"	2Pac	Shock G	Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.	1993
15.	"Stan"	Eminem	DJ Mark the 45 King, Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP	2001
16.	"Get Ur Freak On"	Missy Elliott	Missy Elliott, Timbaland	Miss E... So Addictive	2001
17.	"Baby Got Back"	Sir Mix-a-Lot	Sir Mix-a-Lot	Mack Daddy	1992
18.	"In da Club"	50 Cent	Dr. Dre, Mike Elizondo	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	2002
19.	"Colors"	Ice-T	Ice-T, Afrika Islam	Colors (soundtrack)	1988
20.	"Gold Digger"	Kanye West	Kanye West	Late Registration	2005
21.	"Planet Rock"	Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force	Arthur Baker, John Robie	Planet Rock: The Album	1982
22.	"O.P.P."	Naughty by Nature	Naughty by Nature	Naughty by Nature	1991
23.	"B.O.B"	OutKast	Earthtone III	Stankonia	2000
24.	"Paid in Full"	Eric B. & Rakim	Eric B. & Rakim	Paid in Full	1987
25.	"Killing Me Softly"	Fugees	Fugees	The Score	1996
26.	"U Can't Touch This"	MC Hammer	MC Hammer	Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em	1990
27.	"Hold It Now, Hit It"	Beastie Boys	Rick Rubin	Licensed to Ill	1986
28.	"It Was a Good Day"	Ice Cube	DJ Pooh	The Predator	1993
29.	"The Humpty Dance"	Digital Underground	Shock G	Sex Packets	1990
30.	"Check the Rhime	A Tribe Called Quest	A Tribe Called Quest	The Low End Theory	1991
31.	"How Ya Like Me Now"	Kool Moe Dee	Bryan "Chuck" New, LaVaba Mallison, Kool Moe Dee, Pete Q. Harris, Teddy Riley	How Ya Like Me Now	1987
32.	"It's All About the Benjamins"	Puff Daddy	D-Dot	No Way Out	1997
33.	"Tha Crossroads"	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	DJ U-Neek	E. 1999 Eternal	1996
34.	"Insane in the Brain"	Cypress Hill	Cypress Hill	Black Sunday	1993
35.	"Ladies First"	Queen Latifah	DJ Mark the 45 King	All Hail the Queen	1989
36.	"Hot in Herre"	Nelly	The Neptunes	Nellyville	2002
37.	"It Takes Two	Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock	Teddy Riley	It Takes Two	1988
38.	"Gangsta's Paradise	Coolio	Doug Rasheed	Gangsta's Paradise	1995
39.	"Wild Thing"	Tone Lōc	Matt Dike, Michael Ross	Lōc-ed After Dark	1988
40.	"It's Like That"	Run-D.M.C.	Jam Master Jay, Russell Simmons, Larry Smith	Run-D.M.C.	1983
41.	"That's the Joint"	Funky 4 + 1	Jigsaw Inc., Sylvia Inc.	Non-album single	1980
42.	"Roxanne's Revenge"	Roxanne Shanté	Marley Marl	Round 1	1985
43.	"Hate It or Love It"	Game	Cool & Dre, Dr. Dre	The Documentary	2005
44.	"I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need to Get By"	Method Man	RZA, Diddy, Trackmasters	Tical	1995
45.	"Mind Playing Tricks on Me"	Geto Boys	Scarface	We Can't Be Stopped	1991
46.	"Me Myself and I"	De La Soul	Prince Paul, De La Soul	3 Feet High and Rising	1988
47.	"Bust a Move"	Young MC	Matt Dike, Michael Ross	Stone Cold Rhymin'	1989
48.	"One Love"	Nas	Q-Tip	Illmatic	1994
49.	"My Philosophy"	Boogie Down Productions	KRS-One	By All Means Necessary	1988
50.	"Tha Block Is Hot"	Lil Wayne	Mannie Fresh	Tha Block Is Hot	1999
51.	"The Show"	Doug E. Fresh	Doug E. Fresh	Non-album single (later remixed on Oh, My God!)	1985
52.	"I'll Be"	Foxy Brown	Trackmasters	Ill Na Na	1996
53.	"Money, Power & Respect"	The Lox	The Hitmen	Money, Power & Respect	1998
54.	"Cha Cha Cha"	MC Lyte	The King of Chill	Eyes on This	1989
55.	"Lean Back"	Terror Squad	Scott Storch	True Story	2004
56.	"Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check"	Busta Rhymes	Rashad "Ringo" Smith	The Coming	1996
57.	"I Get the Job Done"	Big Daddy Kane	Teddy Riley	It's a Big Daddy Thing	1989
58.	"What's Your Fantasy"	Ludacris	Bangladesh	Back for the First Time	2000
59.	"Shimmy Shimmy Ya"	Ol' Dirty Bastard	RZA	Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version	1995
60.	"I Need Love"	LL Cool J	LL Cool J, L.A. Posse	Bigger and Deffer	1987
61.	"Children's Story"	Slick Rick	Slick Rick	The Great Adventures of Slick Rick	1989
62.	"Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)"	Digable Planets	Butterfly	Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)	1992
63.	"Rollin' with Kid 'n Play"	Kid 'n Play	Hurby Luv Bug, The Invincibles	2 Hype	1988
64.	"What They Do"	The Roots	Questlove	Illadelph Halflife	1996
65.	"New Love Rap"	Spoonie Gee	Bobby Robinson	Non-album single	1985
66.	"Jump Around"	House of Pain	DJ Muggs, Pete Rock	House of Pain	1992
67.	"Feel So Good"	Mase	D-Dot, Puffy	Harlem World	1997
68.	"What You Know"	T.I.	DJ Toomp	King	2005
69.	"I Used to Love H.E.R."	Common	No I.D.	Resurrection	1994
70.	"Pop Goes the Weasel"	3rd Bass	3rd Bass	Derelicts of Dialect	1991
71.	"Freaks Come out at Night"	Whodini	Larry Smith	Escape	1984
72.	"Supersonic"	J.J. Fad	Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, Arabian Prince	Supersonic	1988
73.	"The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)"	Black Sheep	Black Sheep	A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing	1991
74.	"You Gots to Chill"	EPMD	EPMD	Strictly Business	1988
75.	"Crush on You"	Lil' Kim	Andreao Heard	Hard Core	1996
76.	"Still Not a Player"	Big Pun	Knobody	Capital Punishment	1998
77.	"Cold Crush Bros. At The Dixie"	Cold Crush Brothers	Charlie Ahearn	Wild Style	1983
78.	"Tennessee"	Arrested Development	Speech	3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of...	1992
79.	"Ruff Ryders' Anthem"	DMX	Swizz Beatz	It's Dark and Hell Is Hot	1998
80.	"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp"	Three 6 Mafia	DJ Paul, Juicy J	Hustle & Flow	2005
81.	"Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"	P.M. Dawn	P.M. Dawn	Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience	1991
82.	"Treat 'Em Right"	Chubb Rock	Howie Tee	The One	1991
83.	"Me So Horny"	2 Live Crew	2 Live Crew	As Nasty As They Wanna Be	1989
84.	"Roxanne, Roxanne"	UTFO	Full Force	UTFO	1985
85.	"Definition"	Black Star	Hi-Tek	Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star	1998
86.	"Now That We Found Love"	Heavy D	Teddy Riley	Peaceful Journey	1991
87.	"We Trying to Stay Alive"	Wyclef Jean	Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis, Wyclef Jean, Pras	The Carnival	1997
88.	"What U Waitin' 4?"	Jungle Brothers	Jungle Brothers	Done by the Forces of Nature	1989
89.	"Oh Boy"	Cam'ron	Just Blaze	Come Home with Me	2002
90.	"They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)"	Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth	Pete Rock	Mecca and the Soul Brother	1992
91.	"Ridin'"	Chamillionaire	Play-N-Skillz	The Sound of Revenge	2006
92.	"You Can't Play with My Yo-Yo"	Yo-Yo	Ice Cube, Sir Jinx	Make Way for the Motherlode	1991
93.	"Lapdance"	N*E*R*D	The Neptunes	In Search of...	2001
94.	"Make 'Em Say Uhh!"	Master P	Master P, KLC	Ghetto D	1998
95.	"Cars with the Boom"	L'Trimm	DSK	Grab It!	1988
96.	"Parents Just Don't Understand"	DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper	1988
97.	"Who's That Girl?"	Eve	Teflon	Scorpion	2001
98.	"Regulate"	Warren G	Warren G	Regulate...G Funk Era	1994
99.	"Get Low"	Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz	Lil Jon	Kings of Crunk	2003
100.	"Just a Friend"	Biz Markie	Biz Markie	The Biz Never Sleeps	1989

Notes

• The only artist who has two songs in VH1's list is LL Cool J.
• Dr. Dre appears seven times in the list; once as an artist and six as a producer. Other producers that appear numerous times are Teddy Riley (4), Rick Rubin (3), DJ Mark the 45 King (3), A Tribe Called Quest (3), RZA (3), Russell Simmons (2), DJ Yella (2), Shock G (2), Michael Ross (2), Pete Rock (2), LL Cool J (2), Marley Marl (2), Howie Tee (2) and The Neptunes (2).